Prosecuting, Ruth Snodin told the court the fraud was discovered when the was card declined on November 30 last year and Pryor’s ex-partner learned there had been 34 transactions made with Amazon, totalling £1,070.

Asif Munir, mitigating, said Pryor had mental health issues and had been suffering from depression.

District Judge Jonathan Taaffe said: “There’s a breach of trust involved in this matter.

“I take this at face value that this was an incident borne out of scorn.”

He fined her £110 and ordered her to pay compensation of £800, £85 costs and and a victim surcharge of £20, which will be deducted from her benefits.